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Geometry Difficulty 6.2 National Olympiad Prove it Serbia

Let OO be the center of the circle circumscribed around ABC\triangle ABC. Line tt touches the circle circumscribed around BOC\triangle BOC and intersects sides ABAB and ACAC at points DD and EE, respectively (D,E≢AD, E \not\equiv A). Point AA' is symmetric to point AA with respect to line tt. Prove that the circles circumscribed around ADE\triangle A' D E and ABC\triangle A B C are tangent. (Dušan Đukić)

Solutions — 2

Solution 1

Solution:

Let us denote by KK the point of tangency of line tt and circle BOCBOC. Let the circles circumscribed around triangles BDKBDK and CEKCEK intersect at point XKX \neq K. Since B X C = B X K + K X C = A D K + K E A = 180 - C A B\text{B X C = B X K + K X C = A D K + K E A = 180 - C A B}, point XX lies on the circumscribed circle kk of triangle ABCA B C. Moreover, D X E = D X K + K X E = D B K + K C E = C K B - C A B = C A B = D X E\text{D X E = D X K + K X E = D B K + K C E = C K B - C A B = C A B = D X E}, so XX also lies on the circumscribed circle k1k_1 of triangle ADEA' D E. We will prove that circles kk and k1k_1 are tangent at point XX.

If lines CKC K and XDX D intersect at point PP, then X P C = X D E - C K E = X B K - C B K = X B C\text{X P C = X D E - C K E = X B K - C B K = X B C}, which means that PP lies on circle kk. Analogously, lines BKB K and XEX E intersect at point QQ on circle kk. Finally, from X P Q = X B Q = X D K\text{X P Q = X B Q = X D K} it follows that

Figure 1

that PQDEP Q \parallel D E. Therefore, triangles XDEX D E and XPQX P Q are homothetic with center of homothety XX, so their circumscribed circles are tangent at XX.

Solution 2

Solution:

Second solution. Let lines BKB K and CKC K intersect the circumscribed circle of ABC\triangle A B C again at points QQ and PP, respectively. From C P Q = C B Q = C K E\text{C P Q = C B Q = C K E} it follows that PQDEP Q \parallel D E. Let lines DPD P and EQE Q intersect at point XX. Since points D=PXABD = P X \cap A B, K=PCQBK = P C \cap Q B and E=ACQXE = A C \cap Q X are collinear, by the converse of Pascal's theorem point XX lies on the same circle as points A,B,C,P,QA, B, C, P, Q. Therefore, triangles XDEX D E and XPQX P Q are homothetic, so their circumscribed circles are tangent at their center of homothety XX. Finally, point AA' lies on the circumscribed circle of DEX\triangle D E X because D X E = P X Q = P C A + A B Q = B K C - B A C = B A C = D A’ E\text{D X E = P X Q = P C A + A B Q = B K C - B A C = B A C = D A' E}.

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